I was brought up in Hull, but in 1964 I loaded a van with all my paintings and drove down to London knowing I was never going back. I’ve been at my present address near Gloucester Road since 1981, apart from a 20-year gap when my partner Caroline and I lived in the Hotel Chelsea in New York. This is my place.
I’ve seen Kensington change over the years. It used to be quite studenty. In a way, it still is, but it’s become much more gentrified and upmarket in that time.
